Denim, Diamonds and Death offers a fine collection from authors supporting the 50th Anniversary of the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention in Dallas, Texas.Here are fifteen stories that run the gamut from heists to revenge, intricate plots to secrets uncovered, and more than a few tales that defy easy classification.Proceeds from the sale of the book will go to the 2019 Bouchercon’s official charity, Literary Instruction for Texas (LIFT).Edited by Rick Ollerman with...

Despite sustained efforts to improve patient safety, preventable harm remains a persistent challenge in healthcare. Panagioti's 2019 meta-analytic indicate a 6% prevalence of avoidable patient harm, with 12% of these events resulting in severe outcomes or mortality. Progress in general has been limited, and a paradigm shift is needed. This second edition of Practical Patient Safety shows frontline doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals how techniques developed and use...

A sharp, perceptive and painfully funny book about money, love and the sorrows and joys of modern family life.MEET THE MANVILLES.JERRY, a former award-winning adman who’s beginning to leave a trail of ex-wives and semi-estranged children.PEN, his artist ex-wife, who’s a lot more in love with her new garden in the South of France than with her new husband.ISOBEL, their daught...

Kip Penfold's apprenticeship as the first non-human sorcerer begins with exploring the ruins left by the vicious attack on Prince George's College of Sorcery some months before. This gruesome task results in a clue that takes him to London, but the closer he gets to the identity of the attacker, the closer the mysterious attacker gets to him. As people around him begin suffering and dying, Kip realizes that he's running out of time to solve this mystery. His fire sorcery might be the equal...

The Hon. Lucius Kluge – honourable, lucky, clever – might be the only guy in Los Angeles who's still living in the past.Lucky pines for the old days of the New Hollywood, before Star Wars and superheroes blew up the movies for good. He spends his days working for an antiques business, his nights boozing and brooding on his former life as an almost-successful screenwriter.But when his ex-best friend goes AWOL and his elderly boss is assaulted during the theft of a v...

The American Revolution of 1817 has begun, and Kip Penfold’s talents as a fire sorcerer make him a valuable weapon. He and his friends are swept into the conflict, taking the side of the rebels because they hope to win a better life in the new country. But an old enemy of Kip’s pursues him through the war, taking greater and greater steps to capture his power. It takes all the fox’s cunning to stay one step ahead—and then the rebellion betrays the Calatian people. Now Kip must decide which...

Competitive advantage in banking comes from effective use of technologyThe Handbook of Banking Technology provides a blueprint for the future of banking, with deep insight into the technologies at the heart of the industry. The rapid evolution of IT brings continual change and demand for investment — yet keeping pace with these changes has become an essential part of doing business. This book describes how banks can harness the power of current an...

Collects Venom War: Wolverine #1-3, Venom War: Deadpool #1-3 And Venom War: Carnage #1-3. The vicious Venom War embroils two of Marvel's most violent heroes - and its bloodiest villain! There could only be one thing more dangerous than Wolverine - and that's Wolverine bonded to a mindless symbiote hungry for flesh! As Zombiotes spread across NYC, transforming everyone in their path into uncontrollable killing machines, Logan's only hope to save lives and avoid being infected himself lies i...

Lost in Liyun is a powerful and emotional story about a foreign professor who arrives in China searching for a fresh start and finds himself pulled into a world of culture, desire, and transformation. As Fred navigates language barriers, classroom challenges, and complex social expectations, he meets Liyun, a woman whose quiet strength and magnetic presence change everything. Their connection grows into a slow burn mix of longing, tension, and heartbreak that challenges who he is and who h...

Young adults are fed up with our sex-saturated culture. They realize that there's more to sex than what the media feeds them, and they realize that there's more to responsibility that "just wait until you're married." Youth want to have God's perspective. Not only that, they want to show their peers there's a better way to relate to the opposite sex. It's time for a revolution. A 180-degree turn is underway.Sex 180 is a guide to that revolution. It's more than a book that preaches ...

What would you give to sit down with some of the most influential youth workers in the country? Not just the big names but those individuals who have proven time after time that they have a passion for reaching teens today that is pushing the limits of traditional youth ministry?In Pushing the Limits, veteran youth workers Mike Calhoun and Mel Walker have collected some of the best writing from youth pastors and leaders in churches big and small around the country who are ...

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